Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 125. Ramones – Ramones (141 Viewers)

[Mister CIA]

Song selection for Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark is Raised on Robbery. It was a 10-way tie until I realized I could smuggle Robbie Robertson into the ride as well. Could someone please add to playlist, thank you.

Here's a live version with all-world session guitar player Michael Landau. It smokes.

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One of the most pleasant surprises of Neil Young’s Archives Vol. 2 was the inclusion of a 1973 session where Joni showed up to the studio where Neil and the transitional version of Crazy Horse were recording Tonight’s the Night and they cut a take of Raised on Robbery.

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Wow, that's sweet.

 

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I'm miles behind, but I'm going to try to catch up a little. Probably with shorter stuff.

161 (tie). Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin (152 points)

I didn’t restrict myself to 1 album per band, but I stopped at 2. LZ is definitely one of the bands that suffered from that choice, as otherwise 4-5 selections might have made it. So this isn’t the album I ranked the highest, but I’m positive that we’ll get to that one later.

Top to bottom this is a super strong album. I guess “Immigrant Song” and “Gallows Pole” are the biggest ones, though I enjoy it throughout. “Friends”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, and I’ve got to give a shoutout to “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”.

Man, no love for Tangerine?

 

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I like Peaches better.

 

[shuke]

OK I can't for the life of me figure out how to add songs to the playlist. Can someone please add these for me:
Grateful Dead - One From The Vault - Eyes of the World
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time - The Funeral
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves - Mahgeeta
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die - Empty Pages
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Your Hand In Mine
Pink Floyd - Meddle - Fearless

 

[Dan Lambskin]

124. Elephant – The White Stripes (186 points)


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Elephant is the fourth studio album by the American rock duo The White Stripes, released on April 1, 2003, by V2, XL, and Third Man. The album was produced by the band's guitarist and lead vocalist Jack White, and mostly recorded at Maida Vale and Toe Rag Studios across two weeks in April 2002.

After the White Stripes achieved their mainstream breakthrough, they continued a "back-to-basics" approach seen in their previous album, White Blood Cells. This was reinforced by producing the album without computers, instead utilizing a duct-taped 8 track tape machine and gear no more recent than 1963. Musically, Elephant is a blues and garage rock record featuring lyrics and themes surrounding the "death of the sweetheart" in American and popular culture.

This might be peak White Stripes here. I prefer other albums but probably the peak of their popularity

Seven Nation Army has to be one of the best songs of the last 25 years

Ball and Biscuit and Hardest Button to Button are both great high energy songs…jack’s just spitting fire here

I had opinions that didn't matter
I had a brain that felt like pancake batter
I got a backyard with nothing in it
Except a stick, a dog, and a box with something in it

The slower stuff is great too. Cover of Burt Bacharach I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself although they kinda amp it up at the end

You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket is absolutely beautiful

The Air Near My Fingers is underrated, especially when he breaks into that chorus

Do-do do-do-do-do do-do do-do-do-do-do
Do-do do-do-do-do do-do do-do-do-do-do

hell even the song with Meg on vocals is great (in the cold cold night)

After looking at the track list again i might have underrated this one

 

[rockaction]

131 (tie). Odessey and Oracle – The Zombies (178 points)

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Odessey and Oracle is the second studio album by the English rock band the Zombies. It was released on 19 April 1968, by CBS Records in the UK and on 15 July 1968, by Date Records in the US. The album was recorded primarily between June and August 1967 at EMI (now Abbey Road Studios) and Olympic Studios in London.

The Zombies, having been dropped from Decca Records, financed these sessions independently. After signing with CBS, two singles and later the album itself were released to critical and commercial indifference, and the band quietly dissolved. A third single from the album, "Time of the Season", became a surprise hit in the United States in early 1969 after CBS staff producer Al Kooper recommended it be released on Date Records.

I really have a distaste for poorly done psychedelia. If you didn't stick with me long enough, you might think that I don't like psychedelia at all. It's almost like KP and covers. But man, I really like this album, especially "Time Of The Season" and "This Will Be Our Year," which is my favorite because of the amount of times I've heard "Time. . .".

Saying I love this album alone wouldn't mean anything about psychedelia and me because I love The Zombies and Colin Blunstone's voice no matter what, but I also love some of the Byrds' stuff, and I really dig certain songs by the star-crossed Moby Grape. So it's not over for you and I yet, psychedelia! I might be coming when everybody's left the party, but we can listen to Panda Bear and grab a balloon for the get down!

 

[rockaction]

Funny enough the first song that the studio released as a single in the US was Butcher's Tale which for me is the least catchy song on the album and the last one I would think to try to push for radio play.

Needed a coked-out wikkid as their A&R man. This is probably the worst choice to introduce an album I can remember. It's . . . well I don't dislike the song necessarily, but this is a poor choice. He chose poorly. How could you . . . ? How could you hear the album and go, "Yes! That's the one! Got us a winner!"

Sheesh.